Nursing Home Fined For Inadequate Care

November 19, 1991

LIBERTYVILLE — A Libertyville nursing home has been fined $5,000 for inadequately caring for patients, the state Department of Public Health announced Monday.

Americana Healthcare Center, a 150-bed home at 1500 S. Milwaukee Ave., was fined for failing to check a patient, whose paralyzed left hand had been placed in an elastic glove to reduce fluid. The glove remained on the hand for four days, causing tissue in the resident`s fingers to die.